Rajkumar Raghuvanshi and Raju Patel were participating in a protest after 12 containers of toxic waste had reached Pithampur from the Union Carbide site.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Raising concerns over the manner and speed at which toxic waste from the defunct Union Carbide site has been sent for disposal at Pithampur, the Congress alleged involvement of land mafia in the entire exercise.

Indian authorities said on Thursday they had completed moving toxic waste from the site of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak disaster, which killed more than 5,000 people, to a disposal facility where it will take three to nine months to incinerate.

Protests in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, erupted over the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of toxic waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy. Authorities imposed prohibitory orders to manage the tensions. The situation remains tense,

CM has tasked senior cabinet minister Kailash Vijayvargiya to mediate on the issue and convince the stakeholders of safety measures in place

Forty years after the devastating Bhopal Gas Tragedy, a major step has been taken to address the hazardous legacy of the disaster. Hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste, left behind at the site, have been moved to a disposal facility in Madhya Pradesh's Pithampur for incineration.

Four decades after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, toxic waste from the Union Carbide plant is finally being transported for disposal.

Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, 377 tons of hazardous waste has been moved from the former Union Carbide factory for disposal. Transported in 12 sealed trucks, the waste journeyed to Pithampur,

Bhopal's toxic legacy, tied to the 1984 industrial disaster, has haunted the city for decades. The hazardous waste, stored for years at the Union Carbide factory, is now being moved for safe disposal to Pithampur.

In a significant development marking four decades since the Bhopal gas tragedy, 377 tons of hazardous waste from the defunct Union Carbide factory has been transported for disposal.